A Boatload of Madmen: Surrealism and the American Avant-Garde 1920-1950 A Boatload of Madmen: Surrealism and the American Avant-Garde 1920-1950, by Dickran Tashjian A Boatload of Madmen: Surrealism and the American Avant-Garde, 1920-1950 BY Dickran Tashjian. Thames & Hudson. Hardcover, 426 pages. $24. Purchase this book: Bookshop • Amazon SHARE